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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Grande Terre, Mayotte
Today, the Exploritas group could choose from tours offered by Discovery; I chose a cultural tour; however, there wasn’t very much culture included in what we saw.
Mayotte is composed of two islands, Grande Terre and Petite Terre between Mozambique and Madagascar just above the Mozambique Canal. Even though we were not visiting any mosques, women were required to have their knees and shoulders covered as respect for this mostly Muslim country. We arrived by ship tender, then boarded a small...

To start off--Now I have a kidney infection--woe is me! I'm on antibiotics and pain pills and I am dealing with it. Just mentioning it. Don't worry. Otherwise I'm fine.
Nosy Be--pronounced Bay. Big warning here. "Day Biting mosquitos that can give one a bad case of something or other--not fatal but can make one very sick. A tender port--I didn't go ashore as the powers that be announced that the landing was very steep and slippery and not recommended for those w/mobility problems. Since I am still babying that dumb foot of mine, I didn't...